Hame-hook.



J. I'. WILLIS. HAMB HOOK. APPLIoATIoN Hum un. za. V190s.

905,968. Y Patented Dec.8,1908.

' I humm wmm N abkwnup JAMES F. WILLIS, OF SHERMAN, TEXAS.

HAME-HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

Application led February 25, 1908. Serial No. 417,733.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES F. WILLIS, a citizen of the United States, residing `at Sherman, in the county of Grayson and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful llame-Hook, of which the following is a specification.

This device relates to attachments for haines and collars for horses, and has for its object to provide a means whereby the tug of a trace may be raised or lowered to suit the height of different horses.

Another object of this device is to render the parts so that they may be readily clamped in place and detached for cleaning purposes.

In most devices of this kind heretofore in use, it was necessary to employ a separate device on harness and collars used by horses doing light and heavy tasks, or, in other words, the heavy tug piece used by dray horses, would not be suitable for carriage harness.

The present invention aims to remedy this defect by employin a hame or collar attachment which wil accommodate heavy and light tug pieces and to further provide tug pieces adapted for heavy, light and intermediate loads.

With these and other objects in view, as will more fully hereinafter appear, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportions, size and minor details of the structure may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings z--Figure 1 is a plan view of the device, attached to a hame orhorses collar. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the position of the'parts with the trace attached to the tug piece. Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 8--3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view of a tug piece used with carriage harness. Fig. 5 1s a view of a tug piece used with slightly heavier harness, preferably the kind carried by horses pulling light delivery wagons, and the like.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

The hame or collar l of the Ordinar type has secured on its outer face, preferab y in a position to overlie the shoulders of a horse, a metallic plate 2 preferably made oblong, and provided with perforations 3 to accommodate screws 4 which secure it to the hame or collar 1. A groove 5 is formed in the upper face of the plate and extends longitudinally from one end, terminating at the opposite end. A series of hooks or keepers 6 formed integral with, or otherwise secured to the plate, flank the groove on one side and extend upwardly and laterally therefrom, their free ends lying beyond the lane of the groove, and extend downward y, forming a recess with the upper face of the plate, the recess thus formed being of a diameter sufficient to accommodate the shank of a tug piece. The outer faces of the keepers are rounded off, and the inner faces provided with a groove which registers with the grooves of the plate. At one end of the plate and lying in the same plane as the eeper 6, is formed an end piece or keeper 7, the ends of which are secured to the plate on either side of the groove 5. The outer face of this keeper is rounded off and a groove formed on the inner face forming a continuation of the grooves formed in the keepers 6 and plate. With this construction it is obvious that to insert a tug piece, the bolt section first enters the groove formed in the end keepers 6 and its shank brought into alinement with the recess formed by the free ends of the hooks and plate. It is then free to move longitudinally until the shank abuts the wall of the keeper 7, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. l. The tug piece then rocks laterally until the parts occupy the position shown in Fig. 2, the Shanks entering the spaces between the keepers. The tug pieces are preferably formed of steel, and in the preferred construction shown in Fig. l, consist of a bar 8 of less length than the plate 1 and of the approximate length of the keepers 6 and 7, and of a diameter sufficient to slidably lit in the recess formed by the keepers and groove, but of greater diameter than the recess formed by the ends of the keeper and plate. Adjacent either end of the bar 8 and formed integral therewith or otherwise secured, are the shanks projecting at right angles to the bolt and their free ends enlarged and provided with substantially pelecoidal perforations 10. The shanks are of a diameter suicient to traverse the recess formed by the ends of the keepers and plate, and the spaces between the keepers.

A bolt 11 provided at one end with an enlarged end 12 and its opposite end 13 terminating in a formation similar to the apertures of the Shanks, is adapted to be detachably secured to the tug piece by entering the apertures 10. This construction renders it advisable to detach the traces or tugs from the tug piece, and while the latter is secured to the hame fixture.

Another type 0f tug ieee is shown in Fig. 4 in which a U-shape strip is provided at either end with the bolts 14 of the same diameter as the bolt 8. This construction is intended for use with light weight harness.

Fig. 5 shows another form of tug piece. Ametallic piece is formed of hook shape having a nose 16 formed parallel to the shank 15. The end of the shank is provided with a bolt 17 of the same diameter but of considerably less length than the bolt 8. This construction is preferred for use with harness used by horses attached to light delivery wagons and the like.

What is claimed is 1. A hame fixture embodying a plate providedwith a longitudinal groove, a plurality of uniformly spaced keepers flanking one side of the groove having their free ends inclined from the plate and projecting downwardly and inwardly and lying beyond the plane of the groove, and a tug piece adapted to enter at one end of the grooved plate and engage the keepers.

2. A hame fixture embodying a plate provided with a longitudinal groove, an end keeper disposed on one end of the plate flanking the groove on both sides, a plurality of uniformly spaced grooved keepers disposed between the end keeper and the o po site end of said plate, said keepers flanking the groove on one side and having their free ends projecting downwardly and inwardly and lying beyond the plane of the groove thereof, and a tug piece having an integral bolt adapted to enter at one end of the grooved plate and engage the keepers.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my Own, I have hereto aixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES F. WILLIS.

Witnesses:

LoUIs DUMAS, Y. S. CREAGER. 

